‘Twas a Bakersfield & Beyond Christmas,
And all through the Crystal Palace,
Nothing stirred, not even the bar keep.
For the martinis were shaken, not stirred.
As Amanda and Mike spun the songs,
The temperature plummeted,
Frost grew on the ground…

Well, you get the idea. We had a fun Christmas show pretty much in the “Beyond’ realm of things. But there were a couple of moments of pure Bakersfield Sound. Merle Haggards “If We Make It Through December,” and Los Straitjackets excellent version of “Jingle Bells,” which had a heavy dose of Don Rich’s guitar lick from “Buckaroo.” Gotta keep it real. All in all, we had a great time mixing it up and playing some fun Christmas tunes. So, here’s the playlist and some youtube clips – provided I can find clips of the songs we played.

Have a safe and merry holiday everyone and thanks for listening!

Artist

Cut

Album

Label

Tim Hus

Bakersfield Music

Bushpilot Buckaroo

Stony Plain Records

The Bee Gees

Holiday

Greatest Hits

Polydor

John Prine

Christmas In Prison

Great Days: The John Prine Anthology

Rhino

Kitty Wells

Jingle Bells

Christmas with Kitty Wells

San Juan Music Group

Merle Haggard

If We Make It Through December

Hag – The Best of Merle Haggard

Capitol Nashville

Carpenters

Merry Christmas Darling

Carpenters: Gold – Greatest Hits

A&M Records

Nigel Kennedy

Winter

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

EMI UK

Rosie Flores

Whatcha Waitin’ For Christmas

Christmasville

Durango Rose Records

Los Straitjackets

Jingle Bells

Yuletide Beat

Yep Roc

The Killers

The Cowboys’ Christmas Ball

(RED) Christmas – EP

Island Def Jam

Elvis Presley

Blue Christmas

Elvis Christmas

RCA/Sony BMG Music

Jeremy Lister

Santa’s Lost His Mojo

Ten Out of Tenn – Christmas

Ten Out of Tenn

Pretenders

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 1

Universal Strategic Marketing

Tiny Tim

All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth

god bless tiny tim

Reprise

Cyndi Lauper

Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree

Merry Christmas…Have a Nice Life

Epic

Johnny Cash

I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day

Christmas With Johnny Cash

Sony

The Reverend Horton Heat

Frosty The Snowman

We Three Kings

Yep Roc Records

Raul Malo

Marshmallow World

Marshmallow World & Other Holiday Favorites

New Door Records

Bill Monroe

Christmas Time’s A-Coming

The Music of Bill Monroe

MCA

The Who

Christmas

Tommy

MCA Records

The Waitresses

Christmas Wrapping

20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: Best of the Waitresses

Universal Records

The Supremes

My Favorite Things

20th Century Masters – The Christmas Collection: The Best of Motown Christmas, Vol. 2